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[–] MrNesser@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Depends how it was dontated, you can specify a loan of the land indefinetly to the city as long as its use is xyz.

If its a straight donation with no caveats attached then the city can do what it wants

My local council tried to build on some park land donated 100 years ago but the donator had specified its usage in the donation so they got shut down pretty hard.

[–] Syrc@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Unfortunately it seems like the donator specified the usage in this case as well, but the courts are straight up ignoring it.

On July 7, 1999, Bland’s descendants granted 87.97 acres of land to the “Texas Parks and Recreation Foundation, a Texas non-profit corporation, to be held in trust for future use as parkland by Williamson County, Texas,” according to a copy of the deed reviewed by 404 Media.